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C-FOBY in 2023, at Fort Frances base.

Photo: Kenneth I. Swartz © 14 October 2023 - Aird Archives

C-FOBY in 2013.

Photo: Rich Hulina © 18 June 2013 - Aird Archives

C-FOBY off season.

Photo: Rich Hulina © c.2009 - Kenneth I. Swartz Collection

C-FOBY still going strong at Fort Frances!

Photo: Marcel Fluet-Lecerf - Michel Leonard Team © 06 July 2009

Photo: Karl E. Hayes © May 2004 - Aird Archives

C-FOBY on a lazy, hot, summer afternoon.

Photos: Neil Aird © 12 July 1995

C-FOBY in Winter mode.

Photo: Rich Hulina © date unknown - Lenn Bayliss Collection

C-FOBY in Summer mode at Fort Frances - CJM8, Ontario..

Photo: Tim Martin © 02 August 1985

CF-OBY high and dry at Fort Frances, Ontario.

Photo: Bruce W. Gowans © July 1982 - Aird Archives

CF-OBY dockside at Fort Frances, Ontario.

Photo: Sheldon D. Benner © 15 August 1978 - Michael J. Ody Collection

CF-OBY operating from Pickle Lake, Ontario.

CF-OBY with the OMNR.

CF-OBY

C-FOBY

• CF-OBY Province of Ontario Department of Forests and Lands. Sault-Ste-Marie, ON. Delivered 30-Jul-1948. Operated between 1948-1964.

• CF-OBY Rusty Myers Flying Services Ltd., Fort Frances, ON. Regd 10-Nov-1964. Re-regd 1975.

• C-FOBY Rusty Myers Flying Services (1986) Ltd., Fort Frances, ON. Regd 14-Jun-1991.

Accident: Quest Lake, ON. Lat 49.56, Long 90.42W. 07-Jul-1982: The pilot of the float-equipped aircraft selected an approach path necessitating flying over a narrow portion of the lake past a treed point to his left. Although the approach was into wind, the pilot reported that as he crossed the narrows, the aircraft dropped, and without warning, moved laterally to the left. He was able to stop the descent, but could not avoid colliding with a tree. The left wing was substantially damaged, but a successful landing was accomplished.

Note. Porthole added after 1978 and on floats. Retains original ventral fin.

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